The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-04-27
The guilty 8nlletim,
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 81. 1887.
CERMANY'S VENERABLE RULER.

III iOVs, tuN
battle of Jena, when little remained
of the Kingdom of Prussia, the
King, hiding his disgrace in the I'M
comfortable and desolatc looking
castle of Konigsberg, gave his third
son, William, his first uniform of
cadet as the only present he could
afford. The nomination was only
gazetted on the following 22d of
March, at q time when the Prince
was lying so dangerously i'll of typ
hold fever at Memel that his life
was for some days despaired of. At
Christmas lie became q sub-lieutc-
nant, was initiated to his military
duties with the corps of grenadiers
quartered at Konigsberg, and when,
in 1909, the royal family of Prussia
returned to Berlin, the young Prince
marched in at The head of his COM
pany. In the park at Babelsberg,
near Potsdam, the favorite residence
of the Emperor, can still be seen a
trench he dug in those days under
the orders and direction of Major
Won Pirch.
In 1918, his health again causing
some uneasiness, he was prevented
from accompanying the King and
his elder brother when they started
to join the army. He was, how
ever, made q Lieutenant in June
and a Captain in November, after
the battle of Leipzig, and in Janu-
airy, 1914, crossed the line at the
side of Butcher. At the battle of
Bar sur Aube Prince William was
intrusted with the mission of recon-
NOTHING the ground, and acquitted
himself so satisfactorily that shortly
after lie received the Iron Cross,
entered Paris for the first time, and
became Captain of the Guards.
About the same period the Emperor
of Russia conferred on him the in
sigma of Knight of St. George.
Promoted to the rank of Major in
1915, he took an active part in the
Belgian campaign, entered Paris
with the Allies for the second time,
and on his return to his Capital was
conspicuous figure in the festivi-
ties of victory, as they were called
in Berlin. During the following
years he became successfully q
Colonel, General, Commander of
the First Division of the Guard,
then of the Third Army Corps, Lieu
tenant General, and in 1888 Cen
eral Commander of the Guard. At
the death of his father his brother
became King, and he himself as
sumed the title of Prince of Prussia
and Heir Presumptive, as Frederick
William Nv never had any children.
In 1919, at the head of the troops
sent against the Bavarian insurgents,
he compelled the capitulation of
Rastadt, and received the Order of
Merit. The reigning sovereign, a
man of wit, culture and intelligence,
inclined to religious mysticism and
visionary romance, cared little for
his army, and allowed the Prince of
Prussia to direct all the projects of
military reorganization, task for
which he was eminently fitted and
which he filled with all the ardor of
cOngenial tastes. In 1854 he was
appointed Field Marshal.
In 1857, thirty years ago, the
Prussian nation celebrated the
jubilee of the first entrance of the
heir to the throne into the army,
and extraordinary rejoicings took
place. He received present of
silver shield and helmet in recogni-
ton Of "services rendered on the
field" and yet he had not entered
so far upon the historical and most
important part of his career, for it
was only three months later, in
May, that, the increasing mental
malady of the King incapacitating
him from royal duties, a regency
was declared, comforting provisional
power to the Prince Of Prussia for a
specified term of three months.
AS soon as William held the au-
thority in his own hands n new life
and energy was infused into every
department of the military service;
he surrounded himself with able and
experienced Generals, put Man
teuffel at the head of the War Office
and summoned to Berlin Won Room
and Won Moltke; the latter, sole
survivor of the military triad, was
appointed Chief of the General
Staff, of which he fills the functions
to this day. Meanwhile, the state
of the King becoming hopeless, the
Regency was prolonged, and lasted
till his death. The Prince of Prussia
assembled the throne under the name
of William l, and his first act was,
with the assistance and support of
Count Won Bismarck-recalled from
his petty diplomatic duties at a
small German Court-to begin his
long struggle with the Parliament
so as to assure the military grandeur
of Prussia. The King and his Min
lister were resolved to dispense, if
need be, with Parliament altogether,
and the former pronounced the
memorable words. 81 am deter
mined to fortify Prussia, so that
she may take the place to which
she is entitled by her past, pro-
vided she possesses powerful
military organization"